EW Stokes Brookland vs Powell

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Anonymous wrote:So we're a longtime Powell family and I'll try to give it to you quickly. Really liked teachers at each grade. Of course, they can change. The school really works at dual language, at least in my opinion, and is one of the most Hispanic and Spanish-speaking schools in DC, mostly central American, and I say this to contrast with other dual language schools where most families speak English, the Spanish speakers are World Bank expats or heritage speakers and the kids are only passive speakers at best (a stereotype but you should get the point). This matters a lot to us because we want our kids to speak Spanish, for culture/family/etc., not just as a cute party trick or something.

The relationship between staff and management has been a bit obscure, moreso when a pandemic keeps parents out of the schools, and probably isn't that positive - the longtime and at least to us super-beloved AP who really spoke Spanish went to Bancroft this year.

Nothing on Stokes for you. Hope it's good.

Disagree that other DL schools in the area speak mostly English. Bruce Monroe is a great school and has very similar demographics to Powell. I think the relationship between staff and management is better at Bruce Monroe than at Powell, based on feedback from families that have attended both schools.

The IB participation rate at BM is super low, only 26.1%. At least Powell has a 38.5 % IB participation rate.

Op you can see here where kids go to school.

https://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/page_content/attachments/SY2122_Public%20School%20Enrollments%20per%20DCPS%20Boundary_0.xlsx

Does Powell limit English-Dominant in the lottery to 40% like Bruce Monroe does? Believe me, the BM IB population would love a higher participation. It sucks to be locked out of your public school a block away, and do pk3 elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So we're a longtime Powell family and I'll try to give it to you quickly. Really liked teachers at each grade. Of course, they can change. The school really works at dual language, at least in my opinion, and is one of the most Hispanic and Spanish-speaking schools in DC, mostly central American, and I say this to contrast with other dual language schools where most families speak English, the Spanish speakers are World Bank expats or heritage speakers and the kids are only passive speakers at best (a stereotype but you should get the point). This matters a lot to us because we want our kids to speak Spanish, for culture/family/etc., not just as a cute party trick or something.

The relationship between staff and management has been a bit obscure, moreso when a pandemic keeps parents out of the schools, and probably isn't that positive - the longtime and at least to us super-beloved AP who really spoke Spanish went to Bancroft this year.

Nothing on Stokes for you. Hope it's good.

Disagree that other DL schools in the area speak mostly English. Bruce Monroe is a great school and has very similar demographics to Powell. I think the relationship between staff and management is better at Bruce Monroe than at Powell, based on feedback from families that have attended both schools.

The IB participation rate at BM is super low, only 26.1%. At least Powell has a 38.5 % IB participation rate.

Op you can see here where kids go to school.

https://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/page_content/attachments/SY2122_Public%20School%20Enrollments%20per%20DCPS%20Boundary_0.xlsx

Does Powell limit English-Dominant in the lottery to 40% like Bruce Monroe does? Believe me, the BM IB population would love a higher participation. It sucks to be locked out of your public school a block away, and do pk3 elsewhere.

They can go after K and they still choose not to attend BM. You can see in that link where most people go.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So we're a longtime Powell family and I'll try to give it to you quickly. Really liked teachers at each grade. Of course, they can change. The school really works at dual language, at least in my opinion, and is one of the most Hispanic and Spanish-speaking schools in DC, mostly central American, and I say this to contrast with other dual language schools where most families speak English, the Spanish speakers are World Bank expats or heritage speakers and the kids are only passive speakers at best (a stereotype but you should get the point). This matters a lot to us because we want our kids to speak Spanish, for culture/family/etc., not just as a cute party trick or something.

The relationship between staff and management has been a bit obscure, moreso when a pandemic keeps parents out of the schools, and probably isn't that positive - the longtime and at least to us super-beloved AP who really spoke Spanish went to Bancroft this year.

Nothing on Stokes for you. Hope it's good.

Disagree that other DL schools in the area speak mostly English. Bruce Monroe is a great school and has very similar demographics to Powell. I think the relationship between staff and management is better at Bruce Monroe than at Powell, based on feedback from families that have attended both schools.

The IB participation rate at BM is super low, only 26.1%. At least Powell has a 38.5 % IB participation rate.

Op you can see here where kids go to school.

https://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/page_content/attachments/SY2122_Public%20School%20Enrollments%20per%20DCPS%20Boundary_0.xlsx

Does Powell limit English-Dominant in the lottery to 40% like Bruce Monroe does? Believe me, the BM IB population would love a higher participation. It sucks to be locked out of your public school a block away, and do pk3 elsewhere.

They can go after K and they still choose not to attend BM. You can see in that link where most people go.

More data here related to Student Enrollment Pathways:

https://edscape.dc.gov/page/student-enrollment-pathways

[Anonymous]

Does Powell limit English-Dominant in the lottery to 40% like Bruce Monroe does? Believe me, the BM IB population would love a higher participation. It sucks to be locked out of your public school a block away, and do pk3 elsewhere.

This is a reason bilingual schools should be citywide. For everyone like you shut out of PK3 in BM, there are many more that never get the opportunity to attend a bilingual school because they don’t have the right address. To make it even worse, DCPS doesn’t offer these programs to the two largest Latino neighborhoods, Colombia Heights and Brightwood.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So we're a longtime Powell family and I'll try to give it to you quickly. Really liked teachers at each grade. Of course, they can change. The school really works at dual language, at least in my opinion, and is one of the most Hispanic and Spanish-speaking schools in DC, mostly central American, and I say this to contrast with other dual language schools where most families speak English, the Spanish speakers are World Bank expats or heritage speakers and the kids are only passive speakers at best (a stereotype but you should get the point). This matters a lot to us because we want our kids to speak Spanish, for culture/family/etc., not just as a cute party trick or something.

The relationship between staff and management has been a bit obscure, moreso when a pandemic keeps parents out of the schools, and probably isn't that positive - the longtime and at least to us super-beloved AP who really spoke Spanish went to Bancroft this year.

Nothing on Stokes for you. Hope it's good.

Disagree that other DL schools in the area speak mostly English. Bruce Monroe is a great school and has very similar demographics to Powell. I think the relationship between staff and management is better at Bruce Monroe than at Powell, based on feedback from families that have attended both schools.

The IB participation rate at BM is super low, only 26.1%. At least Powell has a 38.5 % IB participation rate.

Op you can see here where kids go to school.

https://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/page_content/attachments/SY2122_Public%20School%20Enrollments%20per%20DCPS%20Boundary_0.xlsx

Does Powell limit English-Dominant in the lottery to 40% like Bruce Monroe does? Believe me, the BM IB population would love a higher participation. It sucks to be locked out of your public school a block away, and do pk3 elsewhere.

They can go after K and they still choose not to attend BM. You can see in that link where most people go.

We know a very nice native speaking family who left BM after ECE for an immersion charter. Both parents fluent in English and UMC. It’s not only the English dominant that don’t attend after K.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:So we're a longtime Powell family and I'll try to give it to you quickly. Really liked teachers at each grade. Of course, they can change. The school really works at dual language, at least in my opinion, and is one of the most Hispanic and Spanish-speaking schools in DC, mostly central American, and I say this to contrast with other dual language schools where most families speak English, the Spanish speakers are World Bank expats or heritage speakers and the kids are only passive speakers at best (a stereotype but you should get the point). This matters a lot to us because we want our kids to speak Spanish, for culture/family/etc., not just as a cute party trick or something.

The relationship between staff and management has been a bit obscure, moreso when a pandemic keeps parents out of the schools, and probably isn't that positive - the longtime and at least to us super-beloved AP who really spoke Spanish went to Bancroft this year.

Nothing on Stokes for you. Hope it's good.

Disagree that other DL schools in the area speak mostly English. Bruce Monroe is a great school and has very similar demographics to Powell. I think the relationship between staff and management is better at Bruce Monroe than at Powell, based on feedback from families that have attended both schools.

The IB participation rate at BM is super low, only 26.1%. At least Powell has a 38.5 % IB participation rate.

Op you can see here where kids go to school.

https://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/page_content/attachments/SY2122_Public%20School%20Enrollments%20per%20DCPS%20Boundary_0.xlsx

Does Powell limit English-Dominant in the lottery to 40% like Bruce Monroe does? Believe me, the BM IB population would love a higher participation. It sucks to be locked out of your public school a block away, and do pk3 elsewhere.

They can go after K and they still choose not to attend BM. You can see in that link where most people go.

We know a very nice native speaking family who left BM after ECE for an immersion charter. Both parents fluent in English and UMC. It’s not only the English dominant that don’t attend after K.

I live in the neighborhood and UMC native speaking families are choosing immersion charters over BM. Not sure if the same happens at Powell.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So we're a longtime Powell family and I'll try to give it to you quickly. Really liked teachers at each grade. Of course, they can change. The school really works at dual language, at least in my opinion, and is one of the most Hispanic and Spanish-speaking schools in DC, mostly central American, and I say this to contrast with other dual language schools where most families speak English, the Spanish speakers are World Bank expats or heritage speakers and the kids are only passive speakers at best (a stereotype but you should get the point). This matters a lot to us because we want our kids to speak Spanish, for culture/family/etc., not just as a cute party trick or something.

The relationship between staff and management has been a bit obscure, moreso when a pandemic keeps parents out of the schools, and probably isn't that positive - the longtime and at least to us super-beloved AP who really spoke Spanish went to Bancroft this year.

Nothing on Stokes for you. Hope it's good.

Disagree that other DL schools in the area speak mostly English. Bruce Monroe is a great school and has very similar demographics to Powell. I think the relationship between staff and management is better at Bruce Monroe than at Powell, based on feedback from families that have attended both schools.

The IB participation rate at BM is super low, only 26.1%. At least Powell has a 38.5 % IB participation rate.

Op you can see here where kids go to school.

https://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/page_content/attachments/SY2122_Public%20School%20Enrollments%20per%20DCPS%20Boundary_0.xlsx

Does Powell limit English-Dominant in the lottery to 40% like Bruce Monroe does? Believe me, the BM IB population would love a higher participation. It sucks to be locked out of your public school a block away, and do pk3 elsewhere.

They can go after K and they still choose not to attend BM. You can see in that link where most people go.

We know a very nice native speaking family who left BM after ECE for an immersion charter. Both parents fluent in English and UMC. It’s not only the English dominant that don’t attend after K.

I live in the neighborhood and UMC native speaking families are choosing immersion charters over BM. Not sure if the same happens at Powell.

It’s like that at all the DCPS bilingual schools. Majority of families are ESL, low educated, and low income.

The educated UMC hispanic families, who are also fluent in English, are congregating at the immersion charters. That’s why they have such low at risk numbers as compared to percentages oh Hispanic families at the school.

[Anonymous]

We are a Black family and everyone at Powell seemed to be White or latino when we toured a few years ago. The only Black employees there were janitors or cafeteria workers. That was a no for us.

[Anonymous]

At Powell there are in fact many black teachers and staff, principal, dean, counselor, many teachers. I think it depends what you think of as your baseline. And my expectations in a dual language school model is that some of the teachers are going to be white, and some are going to be black, but most are probably going to be of Latin origin, which includes a number of backgrounds but not necessarily in proportions that match those across the U.S./in DC, etc.

[Anonymous]

Wow, are there seriously no black kids at Powell at all??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, are there seriously no black kids at Powell at all??

Google can tell you it’s like 12% in about 30 seconds.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, are there seriously no black kids at Powell at all??

Google can tell you it’s like 12% in about 30 seconds.

And only 14% white?

[Anonymous]

That’s less than the neighborhood now, probably

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So we're a longtime Powell family and I'll try to give it to you quickly. Really liked teachers at each grade. Of course, they can change. The school really works at dual language, at least in my opinion, and is one of the most Hispanic and Spanish-speaking schools in DC, mostly central American, and I say this to contrast with other dual language schools where most families speak English, the Spanish speakers are World Bank expats or heritage speakers and the kids are only passive speakers at best (a stereotype but you should get the point). This matters a lot to us because we want our kids to speak Spanish, for culture/family/etc., not just as a cute party trick or something.

The relationship between staff and management has been a bit obscure, moreso when a pandemic keeps parents out of the schools, and probably isn't that positive - the longtime and at least to us super-beloved AP who really spoke Spanish went to Bancroft this year.

Nothing on Stokes for you. Hope it's good.

Disagree that other DL schools in the area speak mostly English. Bruce Monroe is a great school and has very similar demographics to Powell. I think the relationship between staff and management is better at Bruce Monroe than at Powell, based on feedback from families that have attended both schools.

The IB participation rate at BM is super low, only 26.1%. At least Powell has a 38.5 % IB participation rate.

Op you can see here where kids go to school.

https://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/page_content/attachments/SY2122_Public%20School%20Enrollments%20per%20DCPS%20Boundary_0.xlsx

Does Powell limit English-Dominant in the lottery to 40% like Bruce Monroe does? Believe me, the BM IB population would love a higher participation. It sucks to be locked out of your public school a block away, and do pk3 elsewhere.

I live a few blocks away from BM and kid is a fifth grader, we know several families IB, non Spanish dominant who have not been able to get into PK

[Anonymous]

I would choose stokes over Powell so you have a good chance of getting into DCI. Most UMCdamilies leave Powell and BM because they don’t want macfarland middle school.